Aesop's Fables: A New Translation

By Aesop

Book Overview

From a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop's Fables

Aesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Dog in the Manger," and "Sour Grapes" have captivated us for generations. The fables delight us and teach timeless truths. Aesop's tales offer us a world fundamentally simpler to ours--one with clear good and plain evil--but nonetheless one that is marked by political nuance and literary complexity.

Newly translated and annotated by renowned scholar Robin Waterfield, this definitive translation shines a new light on four hundred of Aesop's most enduring fables.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541604849
• ISBN13: 9781541604841
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A leopard can’t change its spots.

Whooee, this book is a lot more fun than I remember. This is a new translation of “Aesop's FABLES”. Just a note, each Fable is preceded by a hand-drawn pictograph of the tale. There is a great introduction by G.K. Chesterton, which is worth the purchase in itself. He compares and contrasts fables and fairy tales both in theory and detail. Then he compares and contrasts Uncle Remus and the Brothers Grimm to Aesop. When you are finished, you have an insight or a different view of fables in general. Then you hit the ground running. “The fox and the grapes, “etc. Well, this is where I am a little disappointed, as the fables are saying the same thing, but the wording is different. I am just too used to the old way, and this seems a little too mellow. There are very few fables that I have not heard, and I did not realize there were so many different versions of “The Slave and the Lion”. Most of my fable history came from a part of the “Rocky and Bullwinkle Show,” “Aesop and Son.” In any event, no library or culturally literate person is complete without these fables.